globally, barce have a much bigger presence than us, the gap is closing like lifts in a sky-scraper we're goin' up they're goin' down. Like the dips, they have a fan base swollen by a period of success in the european cup, and the old adage "once a (insert name) always a xxx holds true. Someone desired by the Madrid clubs will not have the same outlook as we do, multi-millionaires tend to be like this. We see it as a no-brainer, on and off the pitch, but we do not know what other factors are important to the player, nor will we find out. The fact we are even one of 3 or 4 genuine destinations for AH is proof of how far we have come. Not that long ago just the idea of us chasing a superstar would have been scoffed at. All we get now is fear-based bollox like "oil money club, yooman rights shite, yada yada.... well, f'kem.
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